(August 1965)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Agente Internacional (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #1 (Mayo 31 de 1966)
- in Agente Internacional (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #1 (Mayo 31 de 1966)
The Greatest Action-Thriller of All Time!
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Spy
- Characters:
- HYDRA; Nick Fury
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Agente Internacional (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #1 (Mayo 31 de 1966)
- in Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 ([June] 1966) [SHIELD vignette, from panel 1 of page 2] which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #[nn] (1975)
- in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (October 2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (October 2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (October 2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
- in Strange Tales #135 (Marvel Deutschland, 1999 series) #135
The Man for the Job!
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- Spy
- Characters:
- Nick Fury (Colonel, CIA); Nick Fury L.M.D.s (Life Model Decoys); HYDRA; Imperial Hydra (unnamed; "The Master"); Laura Brown (unnamed); Tony Stark (head of SHIELD Special Weaponry section)
- Synopsis:
- Ordered to report to the Pentagon for an "LMD", Fury is baffled by all the technos. He watches in amazement as several "Life Model Decoys" which look exactly like himself all go their separate ways, and are each brutally "murdered". On the road, the Porsche 904 he's in is attacked by napalm fire bombs from an aircraft; the car proves not only fireproof, it fires sidewinder missles (destroying the attacking plane), and even more amazing, converts to flying mode with mach-pressure fans built into the wheels! Fury learns about SHIELD, an international organization whose job is to stop HYDRA, a "group of fanatics" bent on world domination, who are responsible for the attacks on him. In a hidden HQ, the agent in charge of Fury's "capture" is punished for his failure with death. Elsewhere, Fury meets Tony Stark-- playboy arms inventor who is also in charge of SHIELD's Special Weaponry section. Stark tells Fury they want him to lead SHIELD, saying "Your entire life qualifies you for this job." When a hidden bomb almost goes off, Fury saves everyone in the room, and discovers he's aboard The Heli-Carrier, SHIELD's mobile command center, thousands of feet above the Earth. As he instinctively begins snapping orders, he realizes Stark is right-- and just how grave the danger facing the entire free world really is. He takes the job.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 ([June] 1966)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #[nn] (1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (October 2007)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel Deutschland, 1999 series) #135
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 7. Fury's previous chronological appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #21 (December 1963). 1st appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division), LMDs, Fury's Porsche 904, HYDRA, Imperial Hydra, Laura Brown, The SHIELD Heli-Carrier. Story retold in NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 (September 1968). Background info on the creation of SHIELD not revealed until FURY #1 (May 1994).
Eternity Beckons!
Dr. Strange / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Characters:
- Dr. Strange; Sir Baskerville; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); Baron Mordo
- Synopsis:
- In London, still seeking info on "Eternity", Dr. Strange goes to the secluded home of Sir Baskerville, a former desciple of Mordo's, who greets him as an old friend. Meanwhile, Dormammu discovers that Clea is the one who unleashed The Mindless Ones, and swears she shall pay for her betrayal. Baskerville contacts Mordo, who sends an emissary to trap Strange. But it backfires, allowing Strange to discover that Dormammu is the one behind Mordo's attacks and his increased power. Strange hypnotizes Mordo's spirits into believing he's fled to the Netherworld, and by the time Mordo arrives, Strange has fled once more...
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #185 (May 1976) [with one page and title omitted]
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #90/91 ([Février 1979])
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (July 1979)
- in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (April 1984)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992)
- in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Part 6 of 17.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Man for the Job!
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. -
2.
Eternity Beckons!
Dr. Strange
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